Overview
You can add guardians to help protect your wallet through recovery, locking and approving large transactions. Adding a guardian takes 36 hours, which is a security window that can't be accelerated.
You can find out more about guardians and why your wallet needs them here.
Guardians never have access to your assets, and you can change them any time.
Guardians and gas:
Every wallet comes with a default guardian, Argent's automated option using email and phone. We'd recommend adding additional guardians. It's worth noting that you will need to pay the network fees ("gas") for doing so. We don't profit from this fee.
Argent (default guardian)
Argent guardian is an automated service we provide that uses two-factor authentication (phone & email). It is added to your wallet by default when the wallet is deployed onto the blockchain (activated). You can remove it any time if you choose to keep your wallet secure with other guardians.
You need your wallet to be protected by at least one guardian at all times so that you don't lose your assets, so before removing the default guardian, please consider adding one to replace it.
To add Argent guardian: Open the Argent vault by going to account switcher (Ethereum or zksync button in the top-left corner) > Settings > Wallet Recovery > Review guardians > Add guardian > Argent tab and follow the on-screen instructions.
Metamask/Ledger/Trezor wallets
Go to security.argent.xyz > Add guardian. Click on the guardian you want to add and follow the on-screen instructions. You will need to have your hardware wallet in hand and connected, as you will need to sign the guardian transaction on it.
Metamask
After selecting Metamask in the guardian options:
- Click Connect.
- You will be prompted to login to your Metamask wallet if not logged in already, and then confirm the connect request. Click Connect in the popup.
- You will see a QR code to scan in Argent security page. Open the Argent vault by going to account switcher (Ethereum or zksync button in the top-left corner) > Settings > Wallet Recovery > Review guardians
- Tap Add guardian > More options tab > Add a guardian > Scan QR code (don't use Scan option on your wallet home screen for this, it will try to perform a Send action)
- Once scanned and you see Metamask address in Argent along with Valid address notice, tap Add a guardian. That's it, your guardian will be added in 36 hours.
Hardware wallet - Ledger
Argent supports the wallets: Ledger Nano S, Ledger Nano X
After selecting Ledger in the guardian options:
- Connect your Ledger to your computer
- On your Ledger – Enter your pin and go to the Ethereum app (use Ledger Live to install it if you don’t have it).
- In Argent security center click Connect.
- On your Ledger - confirm the connect request.
- You will see a QR code to scan in Argent security page. Open the Argent vault by going to account switcher (Ethereum or zksync button in the top-left corner) > Settings > Wallet Recovery > Review guardians
- Tap Add guardian > More options tab > Add a guardian > Scan QR code (don't use Scan option on your wallet home screen for this, it will try to perform a Send action)
- Once scanned and you see Ledger address in Argent along with Valid address notice, tap Add a guardian. Your guardian will be added in 36 hours.
IMPORTANT: If your Ledger Nano firmware is outdated, you may have trouble connecting. Please ensure you have the latest firmware and use latest stable browser (Chrome or Firefox)
Hardware wallet - Trezor
After selecting Trezor in the guardian options:
- Connect your Trezor to your computer
- In Argent security center click Connect.
- A new tab will open requesting permissions to read public keys > click Allow.
- When asked to export the Ethereum address, click Export.
- Enter your Trezor pin.
- Check that the address on your device matches the one shown on the screen. If it matches, press Continue. You will be redirected back to the Argent Security Center and then to https://connect.trezor.io.
- Allow requested permissions (“Read public keys” and “Prepare Trezor device for transaction and data signing”).
- Sign the message on your device.
- You will see a QR code to scan in Argent security page. Open the Argent vault by going toaccount switcher (Ethereum or zksync button in the top-left corner) > Settings > Wallet Recovery > Review guardians
- Tap Add guardian > More options tab > Add a guardian > Scan QR code (don't use Scan option on your wallet home screen for this, it will try to perform a Send action)'
- Allow requested permissions once again in a new popup, sign.
- Once scanned and you see Trezor address in Argent along with Valid address notice, tap Add a guardian. Your guardian will be added in 36 hours.
Friend or family guardian
Your guardian can be any other Argent wallet holder or even your spare device with another wallet installed on it.
To add a human guardian, you need to open the Argent vault by going to account switcher (Ethereum or zksync button in the top-left corner) > Argent Vault > Security > Guardians > Add guardian > Friends & Family tab. Tap Add guardian. You can scan their Argent wallet QR code, enter the Argent username or 0x address.
Once added, please reach out to your guardian and ask them to approve your request. They can see it by going to account switcher (Ethereum or zksync button in the top-left corner) > Argent Vault > Settings > Wallet Recovery > Review guardians > Add guardian Who I protect tab in Pending requests. They will need to accept it by tapping on your wallet name and selecting Yes.
Once your guardian approves the request and it goes into Awaiting confirmation in their end, open your guardians list once again and tap on the newly added guardian. Then tap Yes in the popup asking to Confirm guardian.